Job Summary
A Nursing Associate is a member of the Nursing team in England that helps bridge the gap between Health and Care Assistants and Registered Nurses. Nursing Associates work with people of all ages, in a variety of settings in Health and Social Care. The role contributes to the core work of Nursing, freeing up Registered Nurses to focus on more complex clinical care. This makes sure that everyone entering the profession has the skills they need to care for people safely, with integrity, expertise, respect and compassion from the moment they start. Like with Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals, Nursing Associates can expand their knowledge and skills with the right training and governance. The intention is for nursing associates to support, not substitute, Registered Nurses. Candidates must have an active NMC Nursing Associate registration.

Main Duties of the Job

• Undertaking clinical tasks including venepuncture and ECGs.
• Supporting individuals and their families and carers when faced with unwelcome news and life-changing diagnoses.
• Performing and recording clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse.
• Discussing and sharing information with registered nurses on a patients' condition, behaviour, activity and responses.
• Ensuring the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
• Recognizing issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable adults.

About Us
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• NMC Nursing associate pin
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
• Understanding of NMC Code of Conduct and Nursing Associate proficiency's

Desirable

• Experience in a respiratory setting
• Experience in Urgent Care/ High Acuity setting

Knowledge/Experience
Essential

• Knowledge of current nursing ethics e.g corridor care
• Knowledge of how acute assessment work

Skills
Essential

• Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
• Intermediate IT skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• To confidently be able to perform ECG
• To safely sample bloods and insert cannula
• Carry out peak flow
• Carry out observations safely and escalate accordingly to charge nurse

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.